Re: [videoblogging] Vlog Santa returns
I think product placement is definitely the wave of vlog sustainability future. You got a deal with Schlitz? If not, why not? Hrm? XOXOX Jan On 11/28/06, Ted Tagami [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Best. Product. Placement. Ever. On 11/28/06, Chuck Olsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]reallystinkyguy%40yahoo.com wrote: Aww geez... clear out the nitwits, Vlog Santa is back! http://vlogsanta.tv Vlog Santa is getting out of the house and talking to real people on the street. Sometimes he gives them cans of Schlitz. (Don't tell da cops) But he still needs YOU to send him computer video questions that he'll answer every week. You can suggest what Vlog Santa should do when he leaves da house, too. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] santa%40vlogsanta.tv santa%40vlogsanta.tv If you're sending a video question, use Blip.tv or YouSendIt.com . Also, Vlog Santa needs money for more Schlitz so he'll do personalized video greetings for $25 smackers. What a ripoff! http://vlogsanta.tv/greetings.html cheers, chuck -- Ted Tagami Universus Networks, LLC U N I V E R S U S . N E T millionsofus.com SECOND LIFE Human powered: expedition360.com/journal [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- The Faux Press - better than real http://fauxpress.blogspot.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: DMCA Missuse
I've been following your series of videos on this Enric, and you're doing a great job with it. Thanks for getting this information out there. Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Enric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've posted up several videos on my tech vlog site, http://techalley.cirne.com/ , on corporation and individual using the Digital Millenium Copyright Act section 512 to intimidate. Section 512 allows someone to send a notice to an ISP, video hoster, etc. that they are the copyright owner of a photo, video, etc. without proof of copyright ownership. The ISP, video hoster, etc. is required to have the media removed for at least ten days. The accuser may also subpeona the hoster to get the identity of the person who put up the media. There are two cases that the Electronic Frontier Foundation is defending against such DMCA intimidation: - Diehl v. Crook: http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/diehl_v_crook/ Michael Crook fraudalently claimed he owned the image from his appearance on the Hannity and Colmes show, forcing Diehl to change ISPs to have the image up on his blog (http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2006/11/01/eff-crook-dmca-lawsuit/) - Landmark Forum subpeona and EFF move to quash The corporation, Landmark Forum, claimed copyright of the critical french news segment, Voyage Au Pays Des Nouveaux Gourous (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_Au_Pays_Des_Nouveaux_Gourous) forcing it's removal from Google Video, The Internet Archive and YouTube. Then Landmark Education subpoenaed Google Video, The Internet Archive and YouTube (sample: http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/landmark/archive_subpeona_101906.pdf ) to reveal the identity of persons uploading the video. I interviewed Kurt Opsahl and Jason Schultz at the EFF on these cases and what bloggers, podcasters and videobloggers can do to defend themselves from using the DMCA to stop fair use of media. The videos are not very exciting, but if this interests you or you're in such a situation they can be worth watching: http://techalley.cirne.com/?s=DMCAsubmit=Search
[videoblogging] Re: anyone have any experience with veoh.com?
Yeah I got that email. I emailed them back and got no response. Which tells me they are spamming people, which sucks, but what are ya going to do? Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, sdorfman.rm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just got an email from someone at veoh.com asking if they can feature my videos on their site: I love your website and your overall project and would love to feature your work on our site. Perhaps we could create a channel for your work? Please let me know how I can bring your work to Veoh! Have any other video bloggers gotten an email like this? Any experience with veoh, positive or negative? Thanks, Simon Dorfman www.PeopleOfNewOrleans.com Video Interviews with New Orleanians
[videoblogging] Re: DMCA Missuse
I'm currently taking a class in cyber-ethics with a focus on issues for library workers. We are currently working our way through intellectual property issues and the topic of DCMA has come up. Some in the class are in favor of the DCMA based on a surface reading, it seems fair to them. I will certainly pass on these links to them and to the instructor to broaden the dialog. Thanks. Gena --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Enric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've posted up several videos on my tech vlog site, http://techalley.cirne.com/ , on corporation and individual using the Digital Millenium Copyright Act section 512 to intimidate. Section 512 allows someone to send a notice to an ISP, video hoster, etc. that they are the copyright owner of a photo, video, etc. without proof of copyright ownership. The ISP, video hoster, etc. is required to have the media removed for at least ten days. The accuser may also subpeona the hoster to get the identity of the person who put up the media. There are two cases that the Electronic Frontier Foundation is defending against such DMCA intimidation: - Diehl v. Crook: http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/diehl_v_crook/ Michael Crook fraudalently claimed he owned the image from his appearance on the Hannity and Colmes show, forcing Diehl to change ISPs to have the image up on his blog (http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2006/11/01/eff-crook-dmca-lawsuit/) - Landmark Forum subpeona and EFF move to quash The corporation, Landmark Forum, claimed copyright of the critical french news segment, Voyage Au Pays Des Nouveaux Gourous (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_Au_Pays_Des_Nouveaux_Gourous) forcing it's removal from Google Video, The Internet Archive and YouTube. Then Landmark Education subpoenaed Google Video, The Internet Archive and YouTube (sample: http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/landmark/archive_subpeona_101906.pdf ) to reveal the identity of persons uploading the video. I interviewed Kurt Opsahl and Jason Schultz at the EFF on these cases and what bloggers, podcasters and videobloggers can do to defend themselves from using the DMCA to stop fair use of media. The videos are not very exciting, but if this interests you or you're in such a situation they can be worth watching: http://techalley.cirne.com/?s=DMCAsubmit=Search
RE: [videoblogging] changes of this Group
Shooot! Ok I got one for ya! I'm very new to this vlogger-sphere and find it interesting. My question is, How do you go about interviewing the general public and approach organizations asking to film for your vlog? Rich -Original Message- From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Josh Leo Sent: 25 October 2006 21:13 To: videoblogging Subject: [videoblogging] changes of this Group I remember when a few times every day people would come to the list asking how to work out compression issues, what the best screencasting software was, asking for help with a wordpress plugin or some other help-seeking question... I am seeing less of those types of query's on this list... so here is my question... do you think this is the case because: 1. these questions have been covered in other areas effectively and people are finding the answeres in tutorials, FAQ's, and old discussions 2. people are intimidated by the list and discussion here and don't want to look stupid or but anyone 3. Less newbies are finding the list 4. other? -- Josh Leo www.JoshLeo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ___ Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail. The New Version is radically easier to use The Wall Street Journal http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Seting up a Forum
I produce an online video on Space Society which gets 90% of its hits unfortunately through itunes. To get more web visitors I was considering setting up a Comments window. Problem 1: is it going to look bad if there's few comments Problem 2: can someone help me set it up? I haven't been able to for the life of me! My pref. would be a narrow pop-up on the side (see rocketboom's) has with no registeration reqd. http://Spacegeek.org
Re: [videoblogging] Vlog Santa returns
Hmm, this reminds me that I need to get our Santa Costume out of storage. On 11/29/06, Jan / The Faux Press [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think product placement is definitely the wave of vlog sustainability future. You got a deal with Schlitz? If not, why not? Hrm? XOXOX Jan On 11/28/06, Ted Tagami [EMAIL PROTECTED]digitalbuddha%40gmail.com wrote: Best. Product. Placement. Ever. On 11/28/06, Chuck Olsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]reallystinkyguy%40yahoo.com reallystinkyguy%40yahoo.com wrote: Aww geez... clear out the nitwits, Vlog Santa is back! http://vlogsanta.tv Vlog Santa is getting out of the house and talking to real people on the street. Sometimes he gives them cans of Schlitz. (Don't tell da cops) But he still needs YOU to send him computer video questions that he'll answer every week. You can suggest what Vlog Santa should do when he leaves da house, too. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] santa%40vlogsanta.tvsanta%40vlogsanta.tv santa%40vlogsanta.tv If you're sending a video question, use Blip.tv or YouSendIt.com . Also, Vlog Santa needs money for more Schlitz so he'll do personalized video greetings for $25 smackers. What a ripoff! http://vlogsanta.tv/greetings.html cheers, chuck -- Ted Tagami Universus Networks, LLC U N I V E R S U S . N E T millionsofus.com SECOND LIFE Human powered: expedition360.com/journal [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- The Faux Press - better than real http://fauxpress.blogspot.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- http://thenameiwantedwastaken.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] How do you go about interviewing? - WAS changes of this Group
Good question, Rich, and one of the most difficult to put in place. Asking strangers for interviews is a skillset you may have been born with or - with work - can develop. Look forward to others' responses to this one :) It will take me some time to craft a response, but it's definitely something I feel I can speak to wirh authority. Guess this would be best served in a vlog. Think I need someone to help me with it though. Anyone on NYC area want to get together to work on a How to Interview vlog? Jan On 11/29/06, Rich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shooot! Ok I got one for ya! I'm very new to this vlogger-sphere and find it interesting. My question is, How do you go about interviewing the general public and approach organizations asking to film for your vlog? Rich -Original Message- From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Josh Leo Sent: 25 October 2006 21:13 To: videoblogging Subject: [videoblogging] changes of this Group I remember when a few times every day people would come to the list asking how to work out compression issues, what the best screencasting software was, asking for help with a wordpress plugin or some other help-seeking question... I am seeing less of those types of query's on this list... so here is my question... do you think this is the case because: 1. these questions have been covered in other areas effectively and people are finding the answeres in tutorials, FAQ's, and old discussions 2. people are intimidated by the list and discussion here and don't want to look stupid or but anyone 3. Less newbies are finding the list 4. other? -- Josh Leo www.JoshLeo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ___ Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail. The New Version is radically easier to use – The Wall Street Journal http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html Yahoo! Groups Links -- The Faux Press - better than real http://fauxpress.blogspot.com Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [videoblogging] Tool (pref. MacOS) to clean up sound on video
When you're recording using your camera for sound and the speaker is on stage, position yourself rather near the PA system. Not too close, tho. :) Jan On 11/28/06, Kary Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've used Levelator with good results. The specific cases that I used it for were recordings at a theatre with nothing but the built in camera microphone. You could hear the audience laughing easily but the people on stage, not so much. I extracted the audio, ran it through Levelator and then imported the resulting levelated audio file. http://www.gigavox.com/levelator HTH, -kr On Nov 28, 2006, at 8:42 PM, Angus McIntyre wrote: Can anyone recommend a tool for improving sound quality on recorded video? Something that's optimized for speech would be the preferred choice, and Macintosh freeware would be ideal. A friend wants to clean up a recording of a presentation and says that the speaker's voice is almost unintelligible due to poor recording quality. The picture apparently isn't great either - I haven't seen or heard the footage myself, I'm only going by what she says - so any hints or tools that might improve the appearance of poor-quality camcorder footage would also be welcome. Thanks, Angus -- Kary Rogers http://karyhead.com -- The Faux Press - better than real http://fauxpress.blogspot.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] New COOKING SHOW vlog!
HEY ALL! PLEASE check out my new cooking show vlog: www.organicatoz.com http://www.organicatoz.com This forum was instrumental in helping me get it up online and motivating me so THANK YOU ALL! I launched my first VLOG about 6 weeks ago, but have been slack on publicizing it and getting the word out. NOW that I have the show under my belt, i realize I gotta get an audience. Please check it out! Please send me feedback! THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THE HELP AND SUPPORT FROM THIS FORUM! Cheers, Gregory www.organicatoz.com http://www.organicatoz.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: DMCA Missuse
Thanks ;) --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Bill Streeter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been following your series of videos on this Enric, and you're doing a great job with it. Thanks for getting this information out there. Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Enric enric@ wrote: I've posted up several videos on my tech vlog site, http://techalley.cirne.com/ , on corporation and individual using the Digital Millenium Copyright Act section 512 to intimidate. Section 512 allows someone to send a notice to an ISP, video hoster, etc. that they are the copyright owner of a photo, video, etc. without proof of copyright ownership. The ISP, video hoster, etc. is required to have the media removed for at least ten days. The accuser may also subpeona the hoster to get the identity of the person who put up the media. There are two cases that the Electronic Frontier Foundation is defending against such DMCA intimidation: - Diehl v. Crook: http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/diehl_v_crook/ Michael Crook fraudalently claimed he owned the image from his appearance on the Hannity and Colmes show, forcing Diehl to change ISPs to have the image up on his blog (http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2006/11/01/eff-crook-dmca-lawsuit/) - Landmark Forum subpeona and EFF move to quash The corporation, Landmark Forum, claimed copyright of the critical french news segment, Voyage Au Pays Des Nouveaux Gourous (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_Au_Pays_Des_Nouveaux_Gourous) forcing it's removal from Google Video, The Internet Archive and YouTube. Then Landmark Education subpoenaed Google Video, The Internet Archive and YouTube (sample: http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/landmark/archive_subpeona_101906.pdf ) to reveal the identity of persons uploading the video. I interviewed Kurt Opsahl and Jason Schultz at the EFF on these cases and what bloggers, podcasters and videobloggers can do to defend themselves from using the DMCA to stop fair use of media. The videos are not very exciting, but if this interests you or you're in such a situation they can be worth watching: http://techalley.cirne.com/?s=DMCAsubmit=Search
[videoblogging] Re: DMCA Missuse
Cool! Let me know how that goes. -- Enric --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Gena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm currently taking a class in cyber-ethics with a focus on issues for library workers. We are currently working our way through intellectual property issues and the topic of DCMA has come up. Some in the class are in favor of the DCMA based on a surface reading, it seems fair to them. I will certainly pass on these links to them and to the instructor to broaden the dialog. Thanks. Gena --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Enric enric@ wrote: I've posted up several videos on my tech vlog site, http://techalley.cirne.com/ , on corporation and individual using the Digital Millenium Copyright Act section 512 to intimidate. Section 512 allows someone to send a notice to an ISP, video hoster, etc. that they are the copyright owner of a photo, video, etc. without proof of copyright ownership. The ISP, video hoster, etc. is required to have the media removed for at least ten days. The accuser may also subpeona the hoster to get the identity of the person who put up the media. There are two cases that the Electronic Frontier Foundation is defending against such DMCA intimidation: - Diehl v. Crook: http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/diehl_v_crook/ Michael Crook fraudalently claimed he owned the image from his appearance on the Hannity and Colmes show, forcing Diehl to change ISPs to have the image up on his blog (http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2006/11/01/eff-crook-dmca-lawsuit/) - Landmark Forum subpeona and EFF move to quash The corporation, Landmark Forum, claimed copyright of the critical french news segment, Voyage Au Pays Des Nouveaux Gourous (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_Au_Pays_Des_Nouveaux_Gourous) forcing it's removal from Google Video, The Internet Archive and YouTube. Then Landmark Education subpoenaed Google Video, The Internet Archive and YouTube (sample: http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/landmark/archive_subpeona_101906.pdf ) to reveal the identity of persons uploading the video. I interviewed Kurt Opsahl and Jason Schultz at the EFF on these cases and what bloggers, podcasters and videobloggers can do to defend themselves from using the DMCA to stop fair use of media. The videos are not very exciting, but if this interests you or you're in such a situation they can be worth watching: http://techalley.cirne.com/?s=DMCAsubmit=Search
RE: [videoblogging] How do you go about interviewing? - WAS changes of this Group
My question is, How do you go about interviewing the general public and approach organizations asking to film for your vlog? I do a lot of live blogging/vlogging at conferences and interview folks. My paying job is as a researcher/evaluator/focus group moderator - so I do a lot of interviewing. This isn't necessarily general public. At conferences, I take extensive notes and photo document the session as unobstrusively as possible. If I sense that a particular speaker is warm, open, and they said something that I think would be a good 1-minute capture to include with the notes/photos, I approach them and ask for an interview. If they look like they need to run to catch a train, I don't ... You have to read the body lanugage. I introduce myself and my blog. Then flattery helps, What you were saying about xyz was so important for people who read my blog to know about, can I get you on video saying that? Then I take them to a quiet corner. We do a quick back and forth about what they will say. I smile, tell them to relax. I also warn them that I have to shove my crappy digital camera in their face ... That we will chit chat for 20-30 seconds with camera rolling and I'll cut it out later. Then, as the camera rolls, I say let's take a deep breath, pause, and I'll begin the interview If they screw it up, I tell them it is okay and we do it again.
[videoblogging] Stapped for cash selling camcorder
Hey all, I'm strapped for cash, awaiting the arrival of my unemployment compensation (if I'm even approved for it), so I've decided to put my Gmini camcorder up for sale. Rent's behind and besides, I've decided to focus on audio recording projects. So I'm offering this wonderful little pocket camcorder in the hopes that a fellow videoblogger will be interested in picking up this camcorder device before I put it up on eBay. I purchased the Archos Gmini 402cc earlier this year, new, and I have to admit I've put it to the test. I haven't dropped it or anything seriously abusive like that -- not that I can recall, anyway -- but she's been in my pocket and/or backpack, knocking against my keys and phone for most of the past several months. So her body isn't as attractive as it once was -- she's got quite a few scratches and scuffs, her paint wearing off -- but then, the Gmini camcorder never looked all that pretty to begin with. (Not in comparison to the iPod(s), anyway. However, what iPod comes with its own built-in *camcorder*? Pray tell...) Body aside, she performs wonderfully. The camera takes up to 1.2 megapixel shots, comparable to your mid-priced cameraphones. Yet IMO this camcorder records *better* movies than those phones -- perhaps becasuse its framerate is better than the phones, or perhaps the aperture is larger or something -- I'm not certain. One thing *is* for certain: You've got plenty of recording space on this baby. It's got a 20GB hard drive inside, good for recordings months (literally, in my case) worth of footage. Also the battery lasts *much* longer than any current cameraphone could possibly offer (as far as I know). *Definitely* an advantage, especially if you like to shoot alot of video between charges. Though this device is marketed (or at least called) a camcorder, it's also a multimedia player and recorder, able to store and play a variety of audio formats -- including MP3, of course. (And for you audiophiles: It records wavs! I would recommend getting an external line-level microphone, though, if you plan on doing broadcast-quality audio recording, since the Gmini's built-in recorder picks up everything -- too much, in my opinion, since it picks up the sound of the hard drive spinning up/down.) Archos sells their own microphone accessory for the Gmini, though I'm sure you can find plenty of other compatible mics out there. The Gmini also plays games. There's a hacker community for the device, too, but I haven't mussed the firmware on it. (Apparently, you can upgrade the firmware and play Super Mario Bros. on the Gmini.) Lessee, what else...I have the original box, which includes the manual and all of the original parts. In fact, the only part I've really used is the main device and it's power adapter. So if you're interested (and you can pay via PayPal), please make me an offer and we'll go from there. I would only be able to sell to someone who is able to pay right away -- the only reason I'm selling this camcorder is because I need the cash *now*, and don't have much else I'm willing to sell at this time. Contact me at harold dot johnson at gmail dot com ASAP, and I'll hold off on doing the eBay thing, Harold James Johnson Incidents occurring at http://somethingthathappened.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [videoblogging] How do you go about interviewing? - WAS changes of this Group
I see I see. I have seen a load of vlogs of people interviewing business owners in their community, and often felt perhaps that's something I would want to do, but felt awkward in my approach. Frequently I thought of being frowned upon due to the fact that not many people are aware of vlogs and that they would question the legitimacy of what i was doing. just a thought really... --- Beth Kanter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My question is, How do you go about interviewing the general public and approach organizations asking to film for your vlog? I do a lot of live blogging/vlogging at conferences and interview folks. My paying job is as a researcher/evaluator/focus group moderator - so I do a lot of interviewing. This isn't necessarily general public. At conferences, I take extensive notes and photo document the session as unobstrusively as possible. If I sense that a particular speaker is warm, open, and they said something that I think would be a good 1-minute capture to include with the notes/photos, I approach them and ask for an interview. If they look like they need to run to catch a train, I don't ... You have to read the body lanugage. I introduce myself and my blog. Then flattery helps, What you were saying about xyz was so important for people who read my blog to know about, can I get you on video saying that? Then I take them to a quiet corner. We do a quick back and forth about what they will say. I smile, tell them to relax. I also warn them that I have to shove my crappy digital camera in their face ... That we will chit chat for 20-30 seconds with camera rolling and I'll cut it out later. Then, as the camera rolls, I say let's take a deep breath, pause, and I'll begin the interview If they screw it up, I tell them it is okay and we do it again. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
[videoblogging] Re: Seting up a Forum
It looks like you are using regular html pages for your site. The problem with this is that adding a comment system will require you to manage (copy/paste) the code to each page. If you wanted/needed to change the comment system (or even your site design), you would then need to edit every single html page. Instead, I highly recommend you migrate the site over to a blogging application. WordPress.org is one application among many that allows you to design a site-wide theme which consists of only a few files, and commenting it built-into the application (along w/ many other features). Who is your web host now? -- Matt http://vlogmap.org --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, jean-marc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I produce an online video on Space Society which gets 90% of its hits unfortunately through itunes. To get more web visitors I was considering setting up a Comments window. Problem 1: is it going to look bad if there's few comments Problem 2: can someone help me set it up? I haven't been able to for the life of me! My pref. would be a narrow pop-up on the side (see rocketboom's) has with no registeration reqd. http://Spacegeek.org
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Nokia N93
On Nov 28, 2006, at 11:56 PM, Ted Tagami wrote: can you skype-out with this? . Yep. BTW, a couple of weeks ago at the Network2 party in NYC, Nokia showed up with an N95 which is now out and seems to be a major upgrade and also supports calls over i.p : The new auto-focus, 5 megapixel camera unit, Nokia's first, makes use of Carl Zeiss optics, just like the N93 and N90 do. Images and videos can be uploaded to a number of different photo gallery and blogging systems. Videos can be recorded at VGA (640x480) resolution at 30fps, and can be recorded with digital image stabilization. A TV out function on the N95 let users enjoy their works of art on a larger screen, too. The N95 also supports MP3, AAC, M4A, and WMA music playback through its built-in stereo speakers or headphones attached to its 3.5mm headset jack. An FM radio is also included in the N95. http://www.mobileburn.com/review.jsp?Id=2741 Drew http://www.rocketboom.com http://www.dembot.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Playing around with 8mm
I've got some more artistic projects popping in off the edge of the radar, and for at least a couple of them, I have an interest in an analog and home movies effect that has me thumbing through the web looking for some information on shooting on 8mm film. Has anyone here worked with 8mm film? Have advice for purchasing a camera (prices vary WILDLY on eBay)? What's the availability of film stock like? Am I nuts? Just thought I'd lob it out. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime
Re: [videoblogging] Playing around with 8mm
You might find something here: http://lostinlight.org/ We recently finished a fund-drive on havemoneywillvlog.com for them. Thanks, Devlon Duthie http://mefeedia.com | Find Videoblogs http://devlonduthie.com | My Site [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got some more artistic projects popping in off the edge of the radar, and for at least a couple of them, I have an interest in an analog and home movies effect that has me thumbing through the web looking for some information on shooting on 8mm film. Has anyone here worked with 8mm film? Have advice for purchasing a camera (prices vary WILDLY on eBay)? What's the availability of film stock like? Am I nuts? Just thought I'd lob it out. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime Yahoo! Groups Links
RE: [videoblogging] Tool (pref. MacOS) to clean up sound on video
I thought this was really cool: http://www.paulcolligan.com/2006/10/17/levelator-hack-1-levelate-your-garageband-podcast-in-4-simple-steps/ You can levelate your garageband podcast to improve sound quality. I just got my mac today, so i'm going to play around with that. On 11/28/06, Kary Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've used Levelator with good results. The specific cases that I used it for were recordings at a theatre with nothing but the built in camera microphone. You could hear the audience laughing easily but the people on stage, not so much. I extracted the audio, ran it through Levelator and then imported the resulting levelated audio file. http://www.gigavox.com/levelator HTH, -kr On Nov 28, 2006, at 8:42 PM, Angus McIntyre wrote: Can anyone recommend a tool for improving sound quality on recorded video? Something that's optimized for speech would be the preferred choice, and Macintosh freeware would be ideal. A friend wants to clean up a recording of a presentation and says that the speaker's voice is almost unintelligible due to poor recording quality. The picture apparently isn't great either - I haven't seen or heard the footage myself, I'm only going by what she says - so any hints or tools that might improve the appearance of poor-quality camcorder footage would also be welcome. Thanks, Angus -- Kary Rogers http://karyhead.com -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] _ Check the weather nationwide with MSN Search: Try it now! http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=weatherFORM=WLMTAG [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Vlog Santa returns
Nope, no Schlitz deal... I barely had time to get the site up. :-) Beer sponsorships often mean getting lots of free beer. Do I really need a basement full of Schlitz? Hmm, maybe. Maybe. C'mon peoples, fire up your video cameras and ask Vlog Santa something! [EMAIL PROTECTED] He's sitting in his underpants just waiting for you. It's as gross as that sounds. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jan / The Faux Press [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think product placement is definitely the wave of vlog sustainability future. You got a deal with Schlitz? If not, why not? Hrm? XOXOX Jan
[videoblogging] Re: Playing around with 8mm
You'll have better luck finding Super 8 film stock than standard 8mm or double 8. I haven't priced it in a while, but you'll need both a place you can buy the film and also a lab to process it. Although it's possible to develop your own BW super 8 film if you already have some dark room equipment. It's actually not that hard and kinda fun. Projectors are getting harder to find than they used to be, but that's not a big issue if you are just going to have everything transfered or digitized. If you plan on doing some analog editing (again not necessary if you are going to get everything digitized) you'll need a viewer and some splicing tools. When looking for a camera make sure you get one with a built in light meter. Film can be fun, but it's also a bit more complicated and much-much more expensive than digital video. Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got some more artistic projects popping in off the edge of the radar, and for at least a couple of them, I have an interest in an analog and home movies effect that has me thumbing through the web looking for some information on shooting on 8mm film. Has anyone here worked with 8mm film? Have advice for purchasing a camera (prices vary WILDLY on eBay)? What's the availability of film stock like? Am I nuts? Just thought I'd lob it out. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime
[videoblogging] Re: Nokia N93
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, andrew michael baron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 28, 2006, at 11:56 PM, Ted Tagami wrote: can you skype-out with this? . Yep. BTW, a couple of weeks ago at the Network2 party in NYC, Nokia showed up with an N95 which is now out and seems to be a major upgrade and also supports calls over i.p : The new auto-focus, 5 megapixel camera unit, Nokia's first, makes use of Carl Zeiss optics, just like the N93 and N90 do. Images and videos can be uploaded to a number of different photo gallery and blogging systems. Videos can be recorded at VGA (640x480) resolution at 30fps, and can be recorded with digital image stabilization. A TV out function on the N95 let users enjoy their works of art on a larger screen, too. The N95 also supports MP3, AAC, M4A, and WMA music playback through its built-in stereo speakers or headphones attached to its 3.5mm headset jack. An FM radio is also included in the N95. http://www.mobileburn.com/review.jsp?Id=2741 Drew http://www.rocketboom.com http://www.dembot.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Boy, oh boy! ;)
[videoblogging] Re: Playing around with 8mm
Hey There I LOVE using Super 8 film. There are communities of filmmakers everywhere who enjoy using it too, so look around and you'll find like minded amigos. A great place to get started is www.flickerla.com TONS of free info and resources to get you started. I posted one of my super 8 short films on my site, check it out: www.organicatoz.com on the left is a list of Lastest Videos and there's a title called cafe mon amour. Screen it there or download it... I shot on Super 8 Plus X film stock using a Braun Nizo 1040 camera and then had the film telecined and edited on FCP. I should use a better codec though... Anyhoo, SUPER 8 is GREAT! -Gregory www.organicatoz.com
[videoblogging] Re: DMCA Missuse
This is my opinion on this aspect of the DMCA: The provision in section 512 allowing take-down notices for at least ten days and subpoena for revealing the uploaders identity without requiring a determination of copyright probably came from requests by the RIAA when the law was being formed. At the time the DMCA was passed in 1998 there were many people uploading/downloading music through Napster and other systems and so the argument appeared reasonable to quickly bring down and identify the uploader of the media without the time necessary to determine the complainers copyright status. Even so that turned out ineffective and the RIAA has not succeeded and stopping music sharing. The problem with the law as it now stands is that it's tempting for those who would like to squash free, lawful speech. Rather than Michael Crook and anyone that my agree with him blogging in disagreement with Diehl. Michael Crook can fraudalantly invoke the DMCA section 512 provision to force a take-down of media used in Diehl blog, thus effecting Diehl fair use speech. And rather than Landmark Education putting out a video arguing their view of the Landmark Forum and Landmark Education, they can issue DMCA take-down notices and subpeona's to reveal uploaders identities to video hosting services. Even though Landmark Education has not been determined to have copyright over the video and may very well fail in that determination. So the law sides excessively on the damage copyright infringment can have to a potential copyright holder and against the ability to have free, fair use speech on the net. -- Enric --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Gena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm currently taking a class in cyber-ethics with a focus on issues for library workers. We are currently working our way through intellectual property issues and the topic of DCMA has come up. Some in the class are in favor of the DCMA based on a surface reading, it seems fair to them. I will certainly pass on these links to them and to the instructor to broaden the dialog. Thanks. Gena --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Enric enric@ wrote: I've posted up several videos on my tech vlog site, http://techalley.cirne.com/ , on corporation and individual using the Digital Millenium Copyright Act section 512 to intimidate. Section 512 allows someone to send a notice to an ISP, video hoster, etc. that they are the copyright owner of a photo, video, etc. without proof of copyright ownership. The ISP, video hoster, etc. is required to have the media removed for at least ten days. The accuser may also subpeona the hoster to get the identity of the person who put up the media. There are two cases that the Electronic Frontier Foundation is defending against such DMCA intimidation: - Diehl v. Crook: http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/diehl_v_crook/ Michael Crook fraudalently claimed he owned the image from his appearance on the Hannity and Colmes show, forcing Diehl to change ISPs to have the image up on his blog (http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2006/11/01/eff-crook-dmca-lawsuit/) - Landmark Forum subpeona and EFF move to quash The corporation, Landmark Forum, claimed copyright of the critical french news segment, Voyage Au Pays Des Nouveaux Gourous (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_Au_Pays_Des_Nouveaux_Gourous) forcing it's removal from Google Video, The Internet Archive and YouTube. Then Landmark Education subpoenaed Google Video, The Internet Archive and YouTube (sample: http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/landmark/archive_subpeona_101906.pdf ) to reveal the identity of persons uploading the video. I interviewed Kurt Opsahl and Jason Schultz at the EFF on these cases and what bloggers, podcasters and videobloggers can do to defend themselves from using the DMCA to stop fair use of media. The videos are not very exciting, but if this interests you or you're in such a situation they can be worth watching: http://techalley.cirne.com/?s=DMCAsubmit=Search
[videoblogging] Why accessibility matters
Howdy all, I was just wondering. Am I the only one who noticed how much faster and smoother blip's videos play back now!? I thought it was just my upgrade to Firefox 2.0... which I think does handle media better, but the speed and smoothness which blips player now works has increased by a factor of ten fold. I can now watch blips videos in firefox in the background while editing my own videos in the foreground... well... I could if I did any editing video. The processor requirements for blips new player have been cut to a fraction of what they were. I got my old hamster wheel G4 powerbook 667mhz, which I refuse to upgrade from and I'm very pleased to see the blip guys making a comitment to the other 99.999% of the world which aren't on the latest greatest computers. Accessibility to me is a central issue of videoblogging... it's not just important that someone on a pentium 1 running linux can watch videos on blip or youtube, but it's everything we need to keep the barriers low to not just viewership, but creation as well. We must constantly be aware of and focus on making vlogging available to more people. Camera prices are dropping radically. A sub $100 camera will do video just fine these days for basic vlogging. I should know I shoot with a $150 camera... and it actually shoots up to 640x480... not even necissary. Then there's memory. A one gig flash card will hold anywhere from 30 minutes to over an hour of video. They've dropped from $100 a year ago to $20-$30. 512mb cards are cheaper still. The other factors are pipe... bandwidth. This is the biggest issue of all. We can't do much about what's going on in the rest of the world, but we can always provide low bandwidth versions of our videos... especially if we're creating HD content as well. Bandwidth isn't just about poor people either. None of this is. We all travel. We all know what it's like to be stuck in nowhere on a dialup connection or some other crappy network. Wildcast.net, a superb videographer who's previously shot for National Geographic has to upload his videos litterally from the bush via satelite. Every mb of video costs tremendous time and money. I've just convinced them to try out blip.tv over youtube and part of that was just the simple fact that blip offers better accessibility. Cross posting is a huge plus when you don't have the band to upload your videos to 4 different services. With blip once the original is online a helper from anywhere in the world can take that original and cross post it to youtube, google video, or anywhere else that blip hasn't already automatically cross posted it to like their wordpress videoblog, archive.org, or otherwise. It's the same thing with X360 (aka. Experdition360.com)... though I'm not involved with them, just a HUGE fan. x360 is a superb vlog from a guys who's been traveling around the world since 1994. He just completed his 130 day leg across india and china and it costs him $50 just to upload each video via his satelite connection. People like this can't upload four different formats... They need to be able to upload one file and be done with it. But to come full circle we must also not forget the computer, the platform not only for creating, producing and editing but also viewing. If we're not careful, with all the our love of high quality HD video and high quality compression codecs we can kill accessibility right at the desktop. You must ask yourself, what is more important to you... that some kid in china or some kid in a one room school house in montanna with a satelite connection can access your video? Or that there's a few compression artifacts in it? While I love and respect all those with production values... I will side with accessibility every time. But this is not an either or situation... it's a BOTH issue. We can have our cake and have it to. What I don't like about some of the new codecs like h264 is they look fabulous but they have tremendously higher hardware requirements and are compatible with far fewer devices than say MP4. When it comes right down to it, it's just not worth the tradeoff. H264 is not worth it in my opinion. This is increasingly important as we remove the computer from the equation. What happens when you can shoot a video... upload it directly to a service like blip via a cellular connection or wifi... and when the viewer aggregates that video to their cell phone, portable wifi media player, set top box or other device... no computer... no sync cable. In this case H264 won't do... neither will WMV, Real media... or above all flash. Just like with the mp3 these portable devices will increasingly lean toward support of the most open formats with the least hardware requirements. My guess is most likely Mp4... it works with the Nokia's, the iPod, the PSP, and the majority of other portable media players are following suit. Sort of puts Youtube's business model in the crapper right? Youtube has no ability to be compatible
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Playing around with 8mm
You'll have better luck finding Super 8 film stock than standard 8mm or double 8. I haven't priced it in a while, but you'll need both a place you can buy the film and also a lab to process it. Luckily, it looks like there's good online community for Super 8, mail order labs, etc. I'm seeing websites listing processing costs of maybe $20/roll. I just have to kinda figure out where everything's coming from and set up a test shoot. Film can be fun, but it's also a bit more complicated and much-much more expensive than digital video. Yeah...I priced doing 16mm film once and couldn't believe the expenses that indie filmmakers are taking on themselves. I'd never consider film as a digital video replacement. At the same time, though, if you're looking into doing a music video for a female singer-songwriter, I can't imagine anything that will impart that forlorn artist girl feel quite like having some cuts done on something like 8mm film. Hopefully, it's not too different from working with a Pentax SLR camera, just that you don't use it for stills. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime - This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/
[videoblogging] Good meetup bar near Metro Center in DC?
Some of us vlogger transplants to the DC area are trying to find a good bar to have a regular meetup. Anyone w/DC knowlege know of a good place along these lines near the Metro Center subway stop? Thx!
[videoblogging] Re: Playing around with 8mm
I'd highly recommend OnSuper8.org (http://homepage.mac.com/onsuper8/) as a fantastic resource for all things Super 8, including the stocks that are currently available and how to get started. Depending on the kind of stock you want, you can generally get a roll (50ft, which is about 3.5 minutes at 18 frames per second) for around $10-12, plus another $15 for processing plus shipping. You can order standard stock directly from Kodak. There are still plenty of labs that process the film--I recommend Yale in LA for b/w and ektachrome (http://www.yalefilmandvideo.com/) and Dwayne's in Kansas still processes Kodachrome if you can get your hands on it (http://www.k14movies.com/). For getting started with Super 8, I'd suggest not spending more than $30-40 on a camera. I'd stick with metal, rather than plastic, cameras--some reliable brands are Bell Howell, Yashica (my favorite) and Bolex. I've gotten fantastic cameras at that price from eBay. Also make sure the camera is clean, especially the battery area. I'd also avoid too many bells and whistles--more chances for stuff to break (or have already broken). If you need more info, feel free to email me offlist: proctor.jennifer(at)gmail(dot)com. I definitely recommend shooting Super 8, if you can get past the cost and the slight learning curve! Jen --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You'll have better luck finding Super 8 film stock than standard 8mm or double 8. I haven't priced it in a while, but you'll need both a place you can buy the film and also a lab to process it. Luckily, it looks like there's good online community for Super 8, mail order labs, etc. I'm seeing websites listing processing costs of maybe $20/roll. I just have to kinda figure out where everything's coming from and set up a test shoot. Film can be fun, but it's also a bit more complicated and much-much more expensive than digital video. Yeah...I priced doing 16mm film once and couldn't believe the expenses that indie filmmakers are taking on themselves. I'd never consider film as a digital video replacement. At the same time, though, if you're looking into doing a music video for a female singer-songwriter, I can't imagine anything that will impart that forlorn artist girl feel quite like having some cuts done on something like 8mm film. Hopefully, it's not too different from working with a Pentax SLR camera, just that you don't use it for stills. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime - This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/
[videoblogging] Re: Why accessibility matters
Wow Mike, that is a really awesome piece of writing. I totally agree with you about almost all of it and really commend the passion. Not that I am really coming from a strong place given the number of months (3?) I've been arsing around with my blog rather than posting anything. You can't really get much less accessible than not made yet. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Mike Meiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 3) And most importantly because YOU are *accessible* to your viewers as a real live person, to respond to... to correspond with... to email, to comment on your vlog, to IM with... and even because they too like you can post a video on their vlog in response as your equal... there is nothing like having a conversation eye to eye... In the real world if we all got soap boxes none of us would be able to be heard, but in cyberspace we can ALL have our soap boxes and we can all have an equal opportunity to bring something to the table. Try getting that type of access with any personality on TV. This I will quibble with, but just a little. I love the bit about being accessible to your viewers, but I think that lots of soapboxes in cyberspace is just as bad as lots in the real world. Watching other people's work, commenting, paying attention, involving yourself in conversation is just as important to my mind as making videos and publishing them for other people to see. It's the mutual engagement that makes this stuff special. The active v. passive discussions often frame active participation as media creation, and that strikes me as a pretty impoverished vision of participation. Being a producer of media may be harder work than being a consumer, but I guess a world where everyone is a producer but nobody is listening to what anyone else has to say is almost as limiting as one where only a few large organisations can produce and distribute media. So to sum up: soapbox = boo, active engagement with other people = yay
[videoblogging] racism vs vlogger ?
Hi all, You know i am in France and sometimes i don't understand american culture I watched on TV channel the Darryl Hunt' story Do you think it's the same story with Josh Wolf ? a crazy judge Apologies if i am over the limit Loiez (Anybody here is working on vlogging and Virtual Identity ?)
[videoblogging] Re: Seting up a Forum
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Re: [videoblogging] Example of how video could change things
I just noticed your question today, Charles, so my apologies for not responding sooner. Anyway, subsequent posts by Andreas, Jan, and others basically summed up what I was trying to say: Generally, Truth is a matter of perspective. More on this point: The event that occurred at the UCLA library was witnessed by a variety of people, but it was the video that made it a sensation. Without the video, perhaps nothing would have been made of the event; certainly it wouldn't have been drawn to our attention here, in the videoblogging Yahoo!Group. But just because some of the event was captured on video, it doesn't relate the full truth of what occurred. Certainly, it can be used as evidence, much akin to eyewitness reports. But we -- as a society, not this group of videobloggers -- tend to give much weight to what we see on video, often out of proportion to other evidence being presented. To a jury, eyewitness reports may not hold a candle to a video presentation in the courtroom. We're (generally) more swayed by video than we are by words these days. (Again, this is a generalization, perhaps practiced less by this group, since we're all attuned to the camera's tricks.) I don't wish to belabor this point, as it's already been discussed to some extent. I will clarify another detail, however, as it relates to an earlier post I made in this thread. I had previously posted that I'd never been asked for ID at Powell (the UCLA library in which this event took place). Since then, I've been reminded me that the UCPD are *required* to ask for identification in the computer labs and during Night Powell (UCLA library's night hours). My girlfriend has been asked for ID during Night Powell, and both her and I were *always* carded before entering the computer lab -- in fact, the last time I used the lab, there was a sign-in process. (Though, to be perfectly honest, it's been more than a few years since I've entered the computer lab there.) So if the staff of Powell were asking for ID, it is likely they were doing their required job, rather than being discriminatory. As for the behavior of the police -- well, that's another matter. I make no judgement on their actions without further evidence, since I wasn't there and don't have much information beyond the video to make a reasonably solid assessment of the situation. (Dang, I sound so, uh, *bureaucratic* or something!) Harold an ongoing occurrence at http://somethingthathappened.com On 11/26/06, Charles Iliya Krempeaux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Harold, On 11/20/06, Harold Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]harold.johnson%40gmail.com wrote: So I was in that library last week; as usual, nobody asked for any type of identification or anything. I've no complaint about that; I'm just noting the fact. I've been in this library perhaps a hundred times since I graduated, and don't recall an occasion in which I was carded. Perhaps the library is open to the public; I don't know. Just an FYI for anyone interested here. This an interesting story, to say the least, and I appreciate your making us aware of it, Jay. IMO, there's probably a bit of (or perhaps alot of) useful information we're not getting here. I've seen some of the characters who hang out in this library (me, for example!) -- and on campus, in general -- and though the campus *feels* quite safe, there are enough homeless hanging around to have the UCPD patrol the library from time to time. I'm not trying to generalize about the homeless here, many of whom I talk to regularly -- but some of my homeless friends are somewhat touched, so to speak. Certainly they can be distracting to anyone trying to study -- if not downright unpleasant to be around. (Take my schizophrenic fellow, calm on most days, punching ghosts on others.) What I think is important here is perhaps the most obvious: that this story demonstrates how personal video can fill in the gaps, to a certain extent, on many events -- but that does not imply that video records the Truth. I'm not sure what you mean here. How could that video show anything but the truth. (You don't believe it to be a fake do you?) Are you saying that people might assume extra things not shown in the video? Or am I misunderstanding you? See ya Video can certainly provide more information regarding an event, yet it can also dramatize and perhaps skew perception of the event. By no means, however, would I advocate suppressing this time of evidence; I simply feel that it should be accepted with a grain of salt. It's too easy to be swayed by video, allowing it to hold more weight than other evidence. My opinion, Harold http://somethingthathappened.com On 11/20/06, Harold Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]harold.johnson%40gmail.com wrote: Oh, my. I've spent many long hours in that very library... Harold On 11/17/06, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] jay.dedman%40gmail.com
[videoblogging] Re: More Vloggies Footage
Ooops. Looks like it got cut off. http://gregsvideoblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/video-blog-49-vloggies- ceremony.html Thanks! Greg gregsvideoblog.blogspot.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: url? :) On 11/28/06, greg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just posted all the footage I have of the vloggies award ceremony. It turned into a 30 minute video! It Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [videoblogging] Good meetup bar near Metro Center in DC?
Jonny, - Ella's is a nice small Pizza place though it sometimes gets crowded. - Gordon Bierche (sp) is bigger with more room Then there's lots more around Gallery place which is a short walk away... Vincent Njoroge www.kenyamoto.com On 11/29/06, jonny goldstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some of us vlogger transplants to the DC area are trying to find a good bar to have a regular meetup. Anyone w/DC knowlege know of a good place along these lines near the Metro Center subway stop? Thx! -- regards, vincent.njoroge.ndonye [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Playing around with 8mm
Super 8 is much easier than that! The film comes in a cassette so you just pop it in and go. No spooling of film or any of that crap. Easy cheesy. I have quite a few old film cameras laying around, this conversation has me thinking about getting one out and seeing if I can shoot some film. Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hopefully, it's not too different from working with a Pentax SLR camera, just that you don't use it for stills. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime - This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/
[videoblogging] Fwd: [melnitz] 49 UP @ Melnitz Movies w/ Michael Apted - TOMORROW!
Thought some of you might be interested in this screening. This film documents the lives of a diverse group of people; what's interesting is that the filmmaker interviews the subjects every seven years. Now that's a *long project*! Harold video messages at http://videoharold.com -- Forwarded message -- From: Melnitz Movies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Nov 29, 2006 2:17 PM Subject: [melnitz] 49 UP @ Melnitz Movies w/ Michael Apted - TOMORROW! To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 49 UP Thursday, November 30 at 7:30pm * Q A with director Michael Apted (THE UP SERIES, THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, GORILLAS IN THE MIST, COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER, NELL) to follow screening 49 UP is the seventh in a series of landmark documentaries inspired by the Jesuit maxim Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man. It all started when UK based WORLD IN ACTION interviewed a diverse group of seven-year-old children, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Michael Apted has returned to interview the children every seven years since, at ages 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 and now again at age 49. The UP Series is on my list of the ten greatest films of all time! - Roger Ebert 49 UP is a precious document, and must viewing. Grade: A. Entertainment Weekly View Website and Trailer: http://firstrunfeatures.com/49up_home.html * Movies are shown at the James Bridges Theatre (Melnitz 1409) at UCLA. * All movies are FREE to UCLA students, staff, and faculty as well as to the general community UNLESS otherwise noted. * Melnitz Movies is funded through the UCLA Graduate Student Association and the ASUCLA Student Interaction Fund. * Tickets are available on a first come, first served basis (ONE ticket per person) at the Melnitz box office the day of the screening, one hour before showtime. MELNITZ MOVIES * Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: www.gsa.asucla.ucla.edu/~melnitz ___ Melnitz-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/melnitz-l [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: How do you go about interviewing?
My question is, How do you go about interviewing the general public and approach organizations asking to film for your vlog? Recently I participated in the making of a featured film. In one scene we needed a Japanese older woman to simply walk down an old arcade. Here is the outcome of a walk in (approach and ask passers by any age). Six foot tall foreigner (body builder) with bad Japanese. No-one wanted to help. 5 foot foreigner with beard (me) with bad Japanese. No interest. Handsome young Japanese (lead actor) - no interest. We learned that for that particular scene we should have organised an extra instead of the spontaneous approach. Next, students here do a lot of interviewing on film for their video productions. Most of them are friends or relatives, so no problem. sometimes they need to interview foreign students on campus. For this type of interview, I tell the students to have simple yes/no type questions memorised and ready, because when a student says ok, let's do an interview they might not want to be taken away to a little corner, so on the spot is best. Plus it shows the natural environment. At the moment students are interviewing various citizens of the community and with that, I ask the students to get in contact with the subject and to give them enough notice to be ready. With the citizen interview, I tell students that they must have at least a verbal agreement/permission to show the videos on vlogs. I am aware that subjects need to sign a release form (I have one) but that is going a little far since we try to keep the experience friendly. Great Questions, Sincerely, Nicolas Japan Gromik Nicolas Tohoku University Sendai, Japan fax=81-22-7647 http://www.filmedworld.com/page.php?3 http://nag-productions.blip.tv/? http://sendai-city-tourism-tohoku-university.blip.tv/ Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com
Re: [videoblogging] Tool (pref. MacOS) to clean up sound on video
Best solution is always this: get good sound in the first place. Bottom line, after a few mistakes you'll begin to understand the limits of your sound recording system and begin to act / shoot accordingly. Can't stress this enough. Turn off the refrigerator, air conditioner, heating system, etc., or move to a more quiet location. If you know you've got a bad transient background sound (like a nearby bus going by) happening, get your subject to say the line again. Lavalier mics work because of the 'promimity effect' - the mic is close to the sound-making device - the speaker's mouth. Shotgun mics (either on a boom pole or on the camera) work with both proximity and the cancellation tube. A cancellation tube gathers unwanted sound from behind the mic as well as from the front, and the two wave signals together cancel each other out mathematically. Bottom line: get whatever mic you've got as close to the mouth of your speaker (or where the speaker's voice most strongly emanates, as in the PA system for presentations) as possible, be conscious of background sounds and deal with 'em, and hope for the best. The hardest parts of getting good sound are to train your consciousness to be aware of the background sounds, and then, to know what's a problem and what isn't. That's why they pay production sound mixers the big bucks (not). It takes years to learn all that, maintain the consciousness steadily 14 hours at a shot, and keep all the problem-solving tricks of the trade handy - like how to shut off the compressor in a commercial cooler (requires some dissembly). XO, Jan On 11/29/06, Obreahny O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought this was really cool: http://www.paulcolligan.com/2006/10/17/levelator-hack-1-levelate-your-garageband-podcast-in-4-simple-steps/ You can levelate your garageband podcast to improve sound quality. I just got my mac today, so i'm going to play around with that. On 11/28/06, Kary Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] kr%40kmrogers.net wrote: I've used Levelator with good results. The specific cases that I used it for were recordings at a theatre with nothing but the built in camera microphone. You could hear the audience laughing easily but the people on stage, not so much. I extracted the audio, ran it through Levelator and then imported the resulting levelated audio file. http://www.gigavox.com/levelator HTH, -kr On Nov 28, 2006, at 8:42 PM, Angus McIntyre wrote: Can anyone recommend a tool for improving sound quality on recorded video? Something that's optimized for speech would be the preferred choice, and Macintosh freeware would be ideal. A friend wants to clean up a recording of a presentation and says that the speaker's voice is almost unintelligible due to poor recording quality. The picture apparently isn't great either - I haven't seen or heard the footage myself, I'm only going by what she says - so any hints or tools that might improve the appearance of poor-quality camcorder footage would also be welcome. Thanks, Angus -- Kary Rogers http://karyhead.com -- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __ Check the weather nationwide with MSN Search: Try it now! http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=weatherFORM=WLMTAG [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- The Faux Press - better than real http://fauxpress.blogspot.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
RE: [videoblogging] Re: anyone have any experience with veoh.com?
Hi Bill, My name is Sarah Szalavitz and I both a videoblogger and the director of content development at Veoh. I did indeed send you an email a few weeks back, but actually, I never received an email back from you. I am sorry about the inconvenience//missed communication between us...sometimes email is less reliable then I realize. Either way, LoFi Saint Louis is awesome-and it would be great to feature your work on Veoh. I must assure you, I am not sending spam--I send individual emails or make calls to creators whose work I enjoy. It is a time intensive but rewarding process. I spend a lot of time seeking out great creators and great videos! When, I watch something I like, I send an email to that effect and invite the creator to join Veoh. I'd be delighted to answer any questions you may have and hope that I can bring you and your work to Veoh. Thank you! Cheers, Sarah Szalavitz 310 234 2377 From: Bill Streeter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: [videoblogging] Re: anyone have any experience with veoh.com? Date: Wed, 29 Nov:45:00 - Yeah I got that email. I emailed them back and got no response. Which tells me they are spamming people, which sucks, but what are ya going to do? Bill Streeter LO-FI SAINT LOUIS www.lofistl.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, sdorfman.rm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just got an email from someone at veoh.com asking if they can feature my videos on their site: I love your website and your overall project and would love to feature your work on our site. Perhaps we could create a channel for your work? Please let me know how I can bring your work to Veoh! Have any other video bloggers gotten an email like this? Any experience with veoh, positive or negative? Thanks, Simon Dorfman www.PeopleOfNewOrleans.com Video Interviews with New Orleanians _ All-in-one security and maintenance for your PC. Get a free 90-day trial! http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwlo005002msn/direct/01/?href=http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwlo005001msn/direct/01/?href=http://www.windowsonecare.com/?sc_cid=msn_hotmail Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[videoblogging] Re: Good meetup bar near Metro Center in DC?
Hello. I used to live in DC, and Gordon Biersch is a great spot. The Hard Rock is also around the corner, and they have a mezzanine that would give you space (if they open it). You might want to head to Metro Center (Red Line) and find a Cosi. Part bar, part coffee house, and I am almost positive it is right at the metro stop. Also, many more choices in DuPont circle than in downtown proper. Enjoyits such a fantastic city! Tony Katz http://www.talkshowonthego.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Vincent Njoroge Ndonye [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jonny, - Ella's is a nice small Pizza place though it sometimes gets crowded. - Gordon Bierche (sp) is bigger with more room Then there's lots more around Gallery place which is a short walk away... Vincent Njoroge www.kenyamoto.com On 11/29/06, jonny goldstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some of us vlogger transplants to the DC area are trying to find a good bar to have a regular meetup. Anyone w/DC knowlege know of a good place along these lines near the Metro Center subway stop? Thx! -- regards, vincent.njoroge.ndonye [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: DMCA Missuse
Good analysis Enric. The flipside, of course, is that the 'fair harbor' provision also permits the existence of services like YouTube that are, without doubt, very conducive to public speech. joly enric wrote: This is my opinion on this aspect of the DMCA: --- WWWhatsup NYC http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Why accessibility matters
There's one simple thing I must point out. Who stands on the soap box all day? The simple fact of the matter is that the average vloggers post what, 3 minutes total video footage a week if even? The power law isn't really much different then this mailing list. The majority simply read or lurk. This doesn't mean they don't have the power to speak up, the soap box, when they want to. That's accessibility. I said we could all have our soap box, not all stand on them all day around the clock and who would want to. The economics are completely different for communications in cyberspace. For one you don't have to communicate in realtime allowing you to catch up with someone's vlog once a day, a week or once a month. Time is removed from the equation and becomes abundant. If I don't respond to your email imediately but in a week from now, it's still effective communication. This is not true in physical world conversations. This medium works because you listen on your time, where you want, in the manner you want. These are all issues of accessibility. Just like the Blackberry and email the more ubiquitous and accessible the viewing methods and the producing methods the more power the medium will become. All we need do is grow the platform. Beyond the dekstop, the ipod, the PSP, the set top box, cell phones like the nokia n93 and n95, and set tops. In order for these platforms to be viable as mechanisms of communication they must be end-to-end... they must be utilizeable as viewing and producing platforms by everyone, not just a few select videos as gootube and now revver intend to do with Verizon. The value isn't just in the long tail... that might be true of movies, and music and books... but we're talking communications, like the cell phone, the value is ALL tail. What value would youtube be to you if you could only access 5% of the videos google or verizon selected for you? The idea is stillborn, bankrupt. In order for verizon to be a legitimate platform or anything more than a insignificant token we have to have access to any video blog we like. Anything else is like having a cell phone that only allows you to speak to other people using the same cellular carrier. The value is all in the tail, it's all tail, everything is tail in communications. It's simply the network effect. It's funny that providers of basic communications, cell phone carriers, suddenly think because they're dealing with videos and not realtime voice communications that the netowork effect doesn't apply. Thinking that everyone is going to watch the same videos is like assuming that everyone is going to want to call the same telephone numbers. ESPN mobile made this assumption... that people would buy phones and pay for services just to watch a football game or baseball game from ESPN. This is completely contradictory to the nature of a personal communications device... the parellel, the convergence is between voice communications and email... such as the blackberry... or what about voice, email, and an RSS aggregator? And soon... voice, email, RSS text, and RSS with image, audio and video podcast. It's got to be what the user wants... there can be no gatekeeping of content on networked service... the expectation of accessibility only goes one way and that is people constantly want more access. The internet has permenently changed expectations. Just as noone goes from having 500 channels of cable to wanting 5 broadcast channels... noone goes from having access to millions of blogs, and news sources, and email, and videos, and photoblogs, and such as can only be found on an open web and goes back to wanting only ESPN games on telephone. They value proposition for such gatekept services is forever blown. It's got to by my friends videos, my friends photos, my peers blogs, my email, my family photos. It's so ironic to me that people like verizon and microsoft with the zune are STILL coming out with services and making deals around the assumption that the media on their platforms belongs to some company somewhere. I already pointed this out with the verizon / gootube deal... but it's also extremely obvious with the zune. It automatically assumes the media on your device is not yours... and keeps you from sharing it. These are the assumptions of a bunch of lawyers and beuracrats in board rooms in some of the largest conglomerates in the world. It never even occurs to them that it could be YOUR song, your podcast, that it could be creative commons... that the media could be anyone else's other than theirs... and that even if it is someone elses media not theirs that people might feel differently about sharing it. COpyleft and creative commons and fair use don't even exist in their vocabulary. These are still all issues of accessibility. Today that minimal standard for access in the video space is being able to distribute a url via email or IM, or to embed a video or link to it in your blog, but the next frontier is
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Vlog Santa returns
i dont know but i love vlog santa thinking you can do a video message for boris in russian? On 11/29/06, Chuck Olsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nope, no Schlitz deal... I barely had time to get the site up. :-) Beer sponsorships often mean getting lots of free beer. Do I really need a basement full of Schlitz? Hmm, maybe. Maybe. C'mon peoples, fire up your video cameras and ask Vlog Santa something! [EMAIL PROTECTED] santa%40vlogsanta.tv He's sitting in his underpants just waiting for you. It's as gross as that sounds. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Jan / The Faux Press [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think product placement is definitely the wave of vlog sustainability future. You got a deal with Schlitz? If not, why not? Hrm? XOXOX Jan -- http://geekentertainment.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Boston Media Makers is THIS SUNDAY, December 3rd with Brightcove
Hello friends, The next meeting of the Boston Media Makers is THIS SUNDAY, December 3rd at Sweet Finnish in Jamaica Plain at 10:00 AM. There will be plenty of time for everyone to meet each other and hear about what everyone is working on. FEATURED SPEAKER We have a featured speaker this month from Brightcove, http:// brightcove.com/ Brightcove helps publishers and others create broadband video businesses and Internet TV. From a recent Brightcove press release: The Brightcove Network Opens Commercial Internet TV to any Video Owner; Introduces Video Download Sales and a Broadband Video Advertising Network for Monetization; And Adds New Distribution through AOL Video and Brightcove.com. http://corp.brightcove.com/about_brightcove/press_releases.cfm?ID=143 Brightcove recently added a lot of features. The video landscape is getting very interesting. DETAILS: Here's the agenda: Boston Media Makers Next Meeting: December 3rd, 10: 00 AM Sweet Finnish, Jamaica Plain AGENDA: 10:00 - 10:30 All important Ravi Jain inspired mingling. Meet other participants over coffee in the front room. 10:30 - 11:15 Roundtable in the conference room. Everyone gets the oppotunity to talk about what they are interested in. Questions are welcome and discussions happen as we go around the table. This is a good time for you to present a 5 minute show and tell on some new equipment or technique. 11:15 - 11:30 Break 11:30 - 11:50 Featured speaker - Brightcove [ http://brightcove.com/ ] Representatives from Brightcove will be here to talk about their mission of helping media creators of all sizes build distribution and revenue with Internet TV and demonstrate how you can build an internet TV station using Brightcove. 11:50 - 12:00 Ravi presents the wikake (wiki-cake). A cake where the cake flavor, frosting/filling, shape, and decoration were created and decided in an open source collaborative way. 12:00 Make Media See you there, --Steve -- Steve Garfield http://SteveGarfield.com Boston Media Makers Blog http://bostonmediamakers.wordpress.com/ -- Steve Garfield http://SteveGarfield.com
Re: [videoblogging] Re: More Vloggies Footage
thanks greg! On 11/29/06, greg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ooops. Looks like it got cut off. http://gregsvideoblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/video-blog-49-vloggies- ceremony.html Thanks! Greg gregsvideoblog.blogspot.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: url? :) On 11/28/06, greg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just posted all the footage I have of the vloggies award ceremony. It turned into a 30 minute video! It Yahoo! Groups Links -- http://geekentertainment.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: Nokia N93
The N95 may well be the iPod killer for the vlogging crew. I have yet to get my hands on one for testing but it's ability to capture and upload videos directly to the web via wifi and Nokia's lifeblog system and it's ability to aggregate audio and video podcasts directly to the device make it a killer app. I especially like that it may well prove the old adage true. Innovation routes around roadblocks. All this talk about getting it and not even bothering to use it as a cell phone but purely over wifi is a direct reflection of innovation routing right around backwards cellular networks. BTW, I think you can get a sprint unlimited data plan for $80 or at the very least $100 a month. At least that's what I looked at MONTHS ago. The problem is you can't get an open data plan on a voice phone (laughs out loud)... Sprint simply doesn't have the business interest in offering such a service. Why allow you to do both voice and data on the same device when they can make you purchase two devices and two plans!? Duh. Here's my secrete. Get the Sprint Vision voice data plan... and find yourself the unlock code for your device... there is no doubt that sprint will either not let the N93, or N95 on their network because they can't control it or completely cripple it like they did the Treo's with bluetooth. (disabling the bluetooth). Or... as andrew baron suggested just accept the fact that the networks are fundamentally backwards and having a hard time dealing with the whole internet paradigm. They all want complete control over their networks... it's the net neutrality issue all over again. The end-to-end paradigm WILL come to their networks or they'll simply be routed around... as is definitely the direct threat of the N93 and N95. Videoblogging and audio podcasting are coming directly to portable devices cellular providers be damned. And when they do... watch out Crackleberry. :) I must get my hands on one of those N95's already. Did I mention they support mp4's at 320x240? Peace, -Mike mmeiser.com/blog mefeedia.com On 11/29/06, Enric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, andrew michael baron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 28, 2006, at 11:56 PM, Ted Tagami wrote: can you skype-out with this? . Yep. BTW, a couple of weeks ago at the Network2 party in NYC, Nokia showed up with an N95 which is now out and seems to be a major upgrade and also supports calls over i.p : The new auto-focus, 5 megapixel camera unit, Nokia's first, makes use of Carl Zeiss optics, just like the N93 and N90 do. Images and videos can be uploaded to a number of different photo gallery and blogging systems. Videos can be recorded at VGA (640x480) resolution at 30fps, and can be recorded with digital image stabilization. A TV out function on the N95 let users enjoy their works of art on a larger screen, too. The N95 also supports MP3, AAC, M4A, and WMA music playback through its built-in stereo speakers or headphones attached to its 3.5mm headset jack. An FM radio is also included in the N95. http://www.mobileburn.com/review.jsp?Id=2741 Drew http://www.rocketboom.com http://www.dembot.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Boy, oh boy! ;) Yahoo! Groups Links
[videoblogging] MicroPayments and Some questions
Re: [videoblogging] iChat Clueless Question
Hi there, At one time or another I believe iChat's video feature was compatible with AIM for Windows: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IChat Perhaps it still is. So you're friends might still be able to video chat with you from their PCs. If they're still not up to the trick, though, look me up on iChat or AIM and we'll see how it works (or doesn't work). My ID is VoyagerRadio (or voyagerradio). Harold Video Harold http://videoharold.com On 11/29/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this might be totally off topic, but i just got my mac and now have video ichat (which seems sooo neat, btw) so i was wondering who here has iChat (i want to test using it but none of my friends have macs- accounting finance majors, go figure) and if anyone knows if it's possible to record and save the video during a chat session, or to record directly from the camera on the mac book and save that, rather than recording on a minidv and then transfering it to the computer? -obreahny [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
